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Investigate before you buy elsewhere. CLATSOP MILL C0. ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Sdmicc and Cedar Lumber Boxes, Sash otid Doors, Shingles and Mouldings W.F.SCHEIBE, Manufacturer of th Always Mailable) A lull Him el PIpm, Tobaccs. aa imok.iV ArtlcUt. 474 Commercial Mt. PHONIC NO. iqHi. "U Belle Astoria" Clear Schelbe'a Open Star Schelbe'a Special And Othar Brand. C. J. TRENCHARD, ..M Commission. Brokerage, Custom Hoime Broker. ASTORIA. .ORFfiiU Insurance and Shipping:. Aient W. F. A Co and Paclflo Jtxprtu Co e. BRYAN AND TOWNE ARE NOMINATED Amid Pandemonium and Riot at Sioux City Convention. SO. DAKOTA DISSATISFIED Cnalrnaa of Mtr Dtlcialloi Ocaoaaui Pre ildlai Officer Pstfcues at a Buace SlccrcrDlirsctuil isd Dlsertferly Strati Mar Ibc Rrectctflai. BIOL'X FALLS. May ll.-The ia tlonal populist convention concluded Ita session at 1 o'clo.k Oil morning and adjourned line die, after nomi nating Hon. William Jennings Bryan fr president and Hon. Charles A. Tow lie, of Minnjia, for vlce-presl- lent. The nomination of Tow ne waa only accomplished after a struggle of sev erul houre duration In which an effort was mad to have the question of the nomination of a vlce-presllnilal can dldate referred to a commute to con fer with the democratic and allver re publican pardee tn their national con ventlrme at Kaniaa City. A motion to thla effect waa defeated by a vote of MS to 49i. Uoth candidates were nominated bv acclamation, but before the reeolt waa reached, varloua other candldatea were (flared In nomination and their namea successively withdrawn. Doth nomlna- tlone were accomplished amid acenea of the greate.t enthusiasm. lA-rlng the discussion thla evenlng of a plun of (electing the vlce-nreal dcntlul nominee an Incident occurred which threw the convention Into an uproar and which, for a few momenta, threaten to reault In a free tight. Chairman Thomas F. Pattcraon an nounced that he had a package of let' tore for the South Dakota delegation It waa found on a chair and waa dob. dbly loat by some member of that delegation. Former Congressman John F. Kelly,- of South Dakota, who had been clamoring for recognition all day. at onre advanced and with hie voice ehuklng with anger, aald: The Bouth Dakota delegation la glad to roelv thla recognltln from the chair, for It la the only recognition It hue received from you. ' Yo'j are a miserable bunco ateerer.' hclly shouted. "You came Into thla convention with professions of food faith. Tou are not fit to preside over popullat convention and you never will agnln." In an Inatant there waa an iiDroar and crlea of "put him out." wore heard. I rlae to a point of order." ehouted Kelly. "I stand on my rights and vou cannot bunco me out of them." Then turning toward the wildly shouting delcgatea he yelled: "I defy you! I defy you to put me out!" rale with paaalon. he aaaln turned toward Chairman Patterson and point ing hla finger nt blm, cried: You, air. are trylnsr to rrattfy a petty aplte originating In today's con ference." Amid cries of "put him out." "ehut up" and "ahame on you." Kel ly returned to hla delegation, every member of which waa atandlng on his feet. Finally the excited delegates quieted somewhat for a moment The chair Jeslrea to make an ex planation," said Chairman Patterson. "I have honestly endeavored to let the convention hear from both aides In succession." "I deny that falsehood." broke In Kelly, and again the conven tion became a perfect pandemonium. Several excited delegates atrlDDed off their coats, ready for business, while a gray bearded, but brawny delegate ran toward Kelly. He was stoDDed before he reached him. Temporary Chairman Rlngsdale rap ped the convention to order at 9:45 this morning. The committee on cre dentials presented a report declaring there was no contesting delegation and recommending that th vot of Missouri be Increased by two votes, that of Ohio by two and that of South Dakota by three. The report was rend by Governor Poynter, of Nebraa- aa, and adopted without a dissenting vote. The committee on Permanent organ isation reported the name of Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado, for perma nent chairman. T. M. C'urran, of Kan sas, Leo Vincent, of Colorado, and E. 11. Delii her, of Pennsylvania, as per manent secretaries. Patterson was greeted with loud cheers as he came 'on the platform. He briefly sketched the history of the populist party and the causes which had led to Its organization. At the conclusion of Patterson's speech, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: "The peoples party of the United Stales, In convention assembled, con gratulates lis adherents upon the mar velous growth of Its principles during the last four years among people of all political parll'-s, accomplished without power In the admliilatration of the government, which should be an in aplratron to every lover of his coun try's welfare and gives us renewed courage and hope for the future. We reaffirm our adherence to the funda mental principles proclaimed In the platform of the people's party for the lust eight years and we call upon those who desire to hand down to posterity the blessings of liberty to unite with us In the coming struggle to avert the subversion of free Institutions by cor porate power and to resist the evident purpose of the republican party to es tablish a strongly Centralised Imperial government In place of the republic bequeathed to ua by Washington, Jef ferson. Jackson and Lincoln- In order to carry out these reforms, we offer the following: "We feel a just pride In the valor displayed by our army and navy In the Bpanlah -American war, but we deDlore the conduct of the administration In changing the war of humanity Into a war of conquest. . "The conduct ot the administration In the Philippines Is a ghastly travesty upon all enlightened human govern menu. It Is In conflict with all the precedents of our national life, at war with the declaration of Independence, the constitution and the plain pre cepts of the Christian religion. With out reasonable excuse. It has devas tateed the homes and blotted out the lives of thousands of human beings. whose only defense Is a resolute de sire to establish republican home gov ernment In the land of their nativity. "We demand that the relentless warof extermination against the Flllplnoa shall cease and that the same treat ront shall be acti.-ded that suffering People our government promised the Cubans. We hold that the same dec laration of Independence, the constltu tlon and the American flag are one and Inseparable, that the Island of Puerto Rico Is a part of the territory of the U nited States, made so by the express promise of the general of the armies. the treaty of Paris and the unanimous consent of the Inhabitants of the Isl and. "In the exercise of the power to lav and collect taxes. Imposts and excises congress cannot discriminate against the people of Puerto Rico, and we de nounce the recent Puerto Rico leglsla tlcn as a flagrant violation of the constitution, subversive of the cardinal principle upon which the American revolution waa fought and won, that there ahould be no taxation without representation. History warns us that a large standing army is a constant menace to the liberties of the- people. We de nounce the administration for un necessarily increasing the army,. It is wholly unwarranted by the condi tlon of our country. The very thought Is un-American, monarchist in origin and will Inevitably result In an unnec essary burden upon the taxpayers. cltlsen soldiery Is the safeguard of the republic. "We hold It to be the duty of the greatest republlo on earth to extend sympathy to the youngest, and while sympatnumg with the republics of South Africa in their struggle with the British empire, we demand that the administration shall take nromnt steps to end the existing war on terms honorable alike to both Dartles. among which shall be the recognition of the Independence of that patriotic people. The Indifference of the d ministration toward these infant re publics proves the covert alliance be tween It and the British empire. It la an object lesson which measures the stride of imperialism. "That we reaffirm 'the fundamental truth, long since uttered by Thomas Jefferson, that the land, including all natural resources of wealth. Is the Inalienable heritage of the people and tnat governmental measures should WHARTON BARKER AND DONNELLY Middle of the Roaders Put Up a Complete Ticket. HOWARD WAS WITHDRAWN la Ibc Inttreit el rUrsioiy He Palls Out el Ibe Race, Allbesb tb Leading Cia-fldalc-Sborl PUtfora Atopics'. (Continued on Fourth Page.) WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR viid's inlaid mmmn Thero is nothing better in the market for floors. Colors run clear through to the back. We also haniUe an extensive lino of plain and printed linoleum. We call special attention to our line of All Wool ingrain Carpets ranging: In price from 50c to $1.00 HARLES HEILB0RN & SON CINCINNATI, May lO.-Kor presl dent, Wharton Harker, of Pennsylva nia. For vice-president. Ignatius Donnel ly, of Minnesota. The above Is the ticket placed In the flHd today by what Is commonly known as the middle-of-the-road pop ulist party, but which, according to the leaders of the movement, is the one and only people's party. For a time during today's session of the convnetlon It appeared as If nothing could prevent a complete dls ruptlon of the plans so carefully wrought out by the handful of men who separated themselves on Febra ary 19 last at Lincoln, Nebraska, from the fusljn element of the people's party. Since Tuesday, when Wharton Bar ker. w ho bad been selected In 1S9S by the Initiative and referendum plan to head the party ticket a steady cur rent against the cut and dried choice of Barker and Donnelly had almost destroyed the foundation upon which that ticket stood. Former Congress man Howard, of Alabama, had sud denly become the idol ot an apparent ly winning Lumber of delegates, and be cllnchel Lis claims on the presi dential nomination through his elo quent address in assuming the tern porary chairmanship of the conven tlon on Wednesday. Today, at the time drew near for nominations, word was quietly Dass ed. coaflrfnedrby Howard himself, that ine winter following would bolt the convention should their leader be turned down. Owing to the fact that the Alabama delegation could not sup port Howard, matters were further complicated and Howard took the only course for the restoration of harmony. He announced that he had no am bitlon to bead the ticket and came to Cincinnati without the slightest ex pectatlon of being named. Then he withdrew his name. Nevertheless, when the roll call was completed on the first ballot. Howard was at the top of the column only a few short of nomination. On the sec ond ballot Howard's plainly stated de sire for harmony took effect and the i0 votva w hich went to Donnelly on the first roll call were gradually worked over 'to the Barker column. It being understood that Donnelly's name had been withdrawn, although the Minne sota delegation protested against the withdrawal. Minnesota was passed at Its own re quest and when the other states had voted it was apparent that the 43 voted it was apparent that the 48 votes of Minnesota could settle every thing In a harmonious manner by go Ing to . Barker. They were cast for Barker and gave him the requisite majority over all. The generous Howard moved to make the election of Barker unanl mous, which was done, without a dls sentlng voice. Ignatius Donnelly was unanimously declared the vlce-presl dential nominee. The middle-of-the-road convention was called to order at 8:30 by Chair man Peek. The report of the conv mittee on party organization was unanimously adopted. The report of the platform commit tee was called for. The reading of the platform brought some debate- Na tlonal Secretary Parker presented an additional plank, number 7. J. B. Osborn, of Nebraska, moved to strike out the plank on currency on the ground that it was on the line ot "special privilege." The amendment was voted down, 350 to 86. The platform was then adopted follows: The people's party of the United States, assembled In national conven tion, this 10th day of May, 1900. affirm ing our unshaken belief in the cardi nal tenets of the people's party, as set rorth in the Omaha platform, and pledging ourselves anew to continued advocacy of those grand principles of human liberty until right shall tri umph over might, and love over greed, do adopt and proclaim this declaration of faith: 1. We demand the initiative and referendum and the Imperative man date for such changes of existing fun damental and statute law as will en able the people in thIr sovereign ca pacity to propose and compel the en actment of such, laws as they desire; to reject such as they deem Injurious to their interests and to recall unfaith ful public servants, t We demand the public ownership as and operation of those means of com munlcatlan, transportation and cro ductlm which the people may elect. such aa railroads, telejrraphs and tele phone lln-s. coal mines, etc. J. The land, Including all natural sources of wealth. Is a heritage of the people and should not be monopolize! for speculative purposes and alien ownernhlp of land should be prohibit ed All land no held by railroads and other corporations In excess of their actual needs and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual set tlers only. 4. A scientific and absolute paper miney, based upon the entire wealth and population of the nation, not re deemable in any specified commodity, hut made a full legal tender for all debts and receivable for all taxes and publla dues and Issued by the govern ment only, without the intervention of banks, and In sufficient quantity to meet the demands of commerce, is the best currency that can be devised; but until such a fractional system is se cured, which we shall press for adop tion, we favor the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the legal ratio of It to 1. 5. We demand the levy and collec tion of a graduated tax on Incomes and Inheritances and a constitutional amendment to secure the same if nec essary. 1 We demand the election of Presi dent, vice-president, federal Judges, and United States senators by direct vote of the people. The new national committee selected Includes the following: Idaho, Johan nes Hanson; Oregon, 8. K. Holt, J. U Hill. J. E. Luce; Washington. C. E. Parker. E. T. Aiken. Ed. Oliver. The national committee met tonight and organised as follows: Chairman, J- O. A. Parker. Louisville; secretary, J. E. McBride, Grand Rapids; treas urer, Milton Park, Dallas. .Among the members of the national executive committee is J. K. Sears, Oregon. It was decided to establish national head quarters In Chicago at as early a date as practicable. ? THE BOERS ARE HARD PRESSED THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Conditions Now Favorable to it Pas sage, With Little Democratic Opposition. NEW YORK, May 1.-A special to the Herald from Washington, aays Conditions m the house of represen tltlves distinctly favor the passage of the ship subsidy bll through that body during the next session when it Is proposed by the republican leaders to bring it forward. There Is little oppo sition to it on the republican side and the democrats are badly split up over It. This is Indicated by the attitude ot the democratic minority of the com mittee- Three of the minority, Messrs, FiVxgerald. ot Massachusetts; De Vries. of California, and Spight, of Mississippi, will sign a report opposing the bill altogether. Two others. Mes srs. Chandler, of New Tork. and Small of South Carolina, will sign a report. drawn up principally by Chanler. an proving the general principle of the bill, but Insisting upon certain amend ments. ine most important of these are a change in the anti-trust provision of the bill, so aa to make it the duty of the circuit courts to Institute proceed ings against violators of the act, and an act in the Interest of the navy, re quiring the ships benefiting by the act to carry a larger' percentage of Americans in their crews and to train more American boys in steamship and navigation. These amendments are generally acceptable to the republicans. M'KINLEY ENDORSED Colorado Republicans Pass Strong Resolutions Delegates In. structed. DENVER, May 10. The republican state convention today elected dele gates to the national convention and endorsed McKlnley's administration. The resolution says: "We commend In terms of unauall- fled praise the attitude of our Junior senator, Edward O. Wolcott, upon all questions affecting the commercial. In dustrlal and financial welfare of our country. Our confidence in him has never been betrayed and we UDhold and sustain him in his every official act." No other mention was made of the financial nuestlon. Many of the dele gates in today's convention were form er republican, who four years ago af filiated with silver republicans and supported Bryan. THE MONDELL BILL. Favorable Report on a Land Law Which Changes the Present Entry Act. WASHINGTON. May 10. The house committee on public lands has report ed favorably on the Mondell bill to provide that final proof in land cases may be made anywhere in the land district in which the entry Is located and that entries In timber and stona may be made before any officers au thorized to receive entries In other cases. The committee also considered the bill to create a national park out of the Sequia reservation. In Full Retreat Before Roberts, Who Has Crossed the Zand. BADEN-POWELL IS WELL British Arc Now Brlarlot as OvcrwMmlnf Farce to Bear, and Their Advisee Is Belsf Steadily Pasbed la Spite of An Resistance. LONDON, May H.-Members ot the house of commons were freely betting In the lobbies last evening that Lord Roberts would be In Pretoria In two months. From 15,000 to 20,000 Is the highest estimate of the Boers under ths post command of General Botha, who Is said to have 46 guns. Lord Rob erts Is pressing hard after this force with 33,000 men and 140 guns, and 20,. 000 more men are easily available. Correspondents are confined In their narratives to the events two or thr days old, so far as Lord Roberts Li concerned. President Steyn with ten thousand men, is reported to have been east of Thabanchu yesterday (Thurs day) noon and a battle was then Im minent. The advance troops of Gen. era! Kundle and General Brabant were being fired on. During a concert for the relief of the sufferers from the Begble work's ex. plosion, given Saturday evening, at Pretoria, in the Gaiety theater, the doors were suddenly closed and every man In the audlen.-e was commandeered. All horses were taken from the con veyances outside. LONDON. May 10. Lord Roberta re ports to the war office as follows: "Cable Cart Headquarters, at tha front. May 10. We are now across thu Zand river. The enemy is still hold ing a strong position, but we are grad ually pushing Mm back." LONDON." May lO.-The . war ' offlca has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Cable Cart. Zand River, May 10, 12:30 p. m. The enemy Is in full re treat They occupied a position only 20 miles In length. Ours waa neces sarily longer; because of the widely scattered force: it will take some time to learn the casualties,, but I am hope ful that we have not suffered. The cavalry and. horse artillery are pur suing the Boers by three different roads." LONDON, May 10. The crossing of the Zand river by the British appears to have been effected sooner than even, the most sanguine expected, and this morning Lord Roberta' temporary headquarters is established In a cable cart on the north bank of the river, through the opposition the federals are offering shows that yesterday's re ports of the abandonment of the po sition were Ill-founded. Lord Roberts' advance force, consist ing of from 10,000 to 12,000 mounted men. bestdes Infantry, artillery and the naval contingent aDDears to be sufficiently powerful to overwhelm any opposition the burghers can offer. Even though, as repcrted yesterday. they have been reinforced by l,0M men irom otner commands and possess a score of heavy guns, the expert believe the opposition will not be pro longed further than is necessary to remove the guns and other imDedl- ments in the direction of Kroonstad. Further reports from Lourenco Mar ques show that the customs authori ties there, in addition to clothing and shoes, refuse to clear corned beef for the Transvaal, holding it as contra band. LONDON. May 10. 10:25 A. M.-Lord Roberts telegraphs to the war office from Welgelegon, under date of May 9, evening, as follows: "Pole-Carew's and Tucker's dlvl- slons, Hamilton's column of heavy na val and royal garrison guns and four brigades of cavalry marched here to day. The enemy hold the opposite bank of the Zand river. Their strength will be ascertained tomorrow. when I hope to force a passage of the river." - - - , . " J v. ." ITU. i 1 1, hfljl rPptver1 from TMH PnKai.ta m .11. ..v... w.u ULl n ui,- patch dated Zand River Pamn Mav a. saving: "I . have rorelvpil a moor cheery telegram from tJaden-Powell, dated April 27." BRAKEMAN KILLED. ALKANV Oreo- Afaw ID-VVm son, a brakeman on the Corvallls eastern mllrroiif ru h.tw..n ttx freight cars on the west bound mixed irain rrom Detroit tnis evening and was run over and ntmnat 1nuta,.ti.. killed. Both legs were cut off. Bee- UTAH REPUBLICANS. SALT LAKE, May 10. The rermhll. can atate convention tmlav .intu,i delegates to the national convention. The deleeates are Instruction to vote for the renomlnation of McKlnley. The platform favors gold and silver as the money ot me repuDUc.